Corset-clasp



(Model.)

J. J. MAHDNEY.

Corset Clasp.

Patente-dA Nov. 9, 1880.

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITMUGRAFHEH, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH J. MAHONEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CO RSET-CLAS P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,306, dated November 9, 1880.

Application tiled July 3, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEEEMIAII J. Mano- NEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Corset-Olasps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan of a portion of the front of a corset having my improved clasps applied thereto, the two front edges being hooked together. Fig. 2 is a plan of the two front edges of the corset unhooked and separated from each other. Fig. 3 is a section on the line a: w of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the hooks-or studs detached.

My invention applies to that class of corset-fastenings wherein projecting heads riveted to one corset-steel interlock With openings through the opposite steel, and is designed to facilitate the manipulation in fastening the corset.

My invention consists in a corset made with the fastening devices above set out, in combination with two supplemental steelsone arranged along the outside of the perforated steel, and one Ialong the inside ot'. the steel bearing the catches.

In theA saidv drawings, A B represent the two front steels of a corset, which are inserted, as usual, into pockets at or near the edges thereof. Extending directly through the steel A are a series of apertures, a, in which are inserted eyelets b,which are clinched over upon the surrounding raw edges of the cloth c, through which holes are punched or cut out corresponding in size to the apertures a, the eyelets b thus serving to conne and conceal the edges of the covering fabric, so as to prevent tearing and raveling, and also ai'ording a neat and substantial iinish to the edges of the apertures, while at the same time theyimpart additional strength to the steel.

From the opposite steel, B, project a series of hooks or hooked studs, D, which are provided on the under side with eyelet rivets or shanks d, which pass through suitable apertures in the steel, and are upset and clinched down 011 the under side thereof, by which means the studs are securely fastened in place in such a manner as to render it impossible for them to be pulled or drawn out of the steel by any strain to which they will be subjected when in use.

When the corset is to be fastened together the steel A is lapped over the steel B and the eyelets b caught directly over the hooked studs D, as seen in Figs. l and 3, the flattened and rounded form of the upper portion of the stud greatly facilitating this operation, While, as the hooked portion 10 of the stud extends out in one direction only, the unhookin g of the opposite steel therefrom is rendered easier, as the side 12 is smooth and offers no projection to catch on the opposite side of the opening, as is the case where an ordinary round-headed knob or stud is used, in which the head projects out equally on all sides of the shank. Furthermore, the studs D are comparatively flat, and do not project out so far from the steel as the ordinary stud, causing less Wear on the outer garment in contact therewith.

The two front portions of the corset are provided With additional steels E G, the former, E, located outside of or beyond the steel A, and the latter, G, on the inner side of the steel B, the steels E G serving to strengthen and stiften the corset, while the portion wit-hin which the steel E is placed affords a firm grasp for the hand in the operation of lapping over and hooking the corset. By thus forming the apertures which are hooked over the studs directly in the steel itself, instead of in a separate plate riveted thereto, and lapping one steel over the other in the operation of hooking them together, as described, the liability of frequent breakage, as heretofore, is avoided, as the rivets are dispensed with, while the entire clasping device presents a neat and substantial appearance.

Furthermore, a corset provided with my improved clasping device can be hooked and unhooked with much greater ease than where the ordinary clasps are used, midis much stronger and more durable.

What I claim as my invention, und desire l I). 1880. i 5 to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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The steel A, provided with eyeleted perfo- In presence ofl. E. TESCHEMACHER,

and one on the inside of steel B, as set forth. 1o Witness my hund this 1st day of .I uly, A.

i steels, E G, one arranged on the outside of A, I

rations, and the steel B, provided with studs D, in combination with two supplemental l. B MAHONEY. 

